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Wed, 22 Dec 2004

Originals from the 1st-amendment cases

Via Volokh: original documents from famous free-speech cases. My only regret is that they don’t have the complete text of the speech in Bethel vs. Fraser, although it is exerpted in the decision:

Respondent gave the following speech at a high school assembly in support of a candidate for student government office:
“‘I know a man who is firm – he’s firm in his pants, he’s firm in his shirt, his character is firm – but most . . . of all, his belief in you, the students of Bethel, is firm.

“‘Jeff Kuhlman is a man who takes his point and pounds it in. If necessary, he’ll take an issue and nail it to the wall. He doesn’t attack things in spurts – he drives hard, pushing and pushing until finally – he succeeds.

“‘Jeff is a man who will go to the very end – even the climax, for each and every one of you.

“‘So vote for Jeff for A. S. B. vice-president – he’ll never come between you and the best our high school can be.’”